Nearly 119,000 Syrians Return Home from Lebanon Since Israel-Hezbollah Conflict Began

Syria. Since the start of the Israel-Hezbollah war, approximately 119,000 Syrian nationals have returned to their country from neighboring Lebanon.

According to data from the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the total number entering Syria since the war began reached 125,784 as of March 17, of which about 119,000 are Syrians.

Around 1 million Syrians had been taking refuge in Lebanon, having fled the civil war that began there in 2011. Hezbollah initiated attacks against Israel on March 2 in retaliation for a US-Israeli strike, and Israel has been intensely attacking Lebanon, conducting ground operations in the southern region. According to the Israeli Ministry of Health, four Syrians were killed on Tuesday.

Syria has so far remained outside the regional conflict.

More than 500,000 Syrians had already returned home from Lebanon in 2024 following the fall of Bashar al-Assad.